Termination of widow’s pension after the children came of age, because as a man is able to return to work. Violation of gender equality and family life
JUDGMENT Β. v. Switzerland 20.10.2020 ( app. no. 78630/12) see here SUMMARY The case concerned the widower’s pension to which the applicant had ceased to be entitled after his younger daughter had reached the age of majority. The Federal Law on Old-Age and Survivors’ Insurance provides that entitlement to a widower’s pension ends when the […]